Winding-reel.



G. S. BOYLAN.

WINDING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED mm. I917.

Patented Apr, 23, 191% 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

INVENTOR Ar'romwv WITNESSES G. S. BOYLAN.

WINDING REEL.

APPLICATION manna. m7.

Pmnwd Apr". 23, 1918.

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NGELTH CARULII IA.

WINDINGQHEEL.

Specification oflfiettexs Patent.

Patented Apia $3 eppllceitlon filed April. 4, 191?. Serial. No. 159,?57.

2'0 all whom 2'3 may concern:

Be it known that Ltlovm S. BOYLAN, a citizen of the Unltec. States, residing at Salisbury, in the county of Rowan oiichState of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Ilinprrmeinente'in il inding-lleels; of Whiclrthe following is e specificatiim.

This invention. relates to Winding and reeling, and more especially to film spools or reels for moving picture machines; and the object of the some is to improve the con struction of suchn reel and particularly its huh, to the end that under certiiin circumstencee a slight slippage or lost motion may occur between the reel and the shaft on which it is mounted.

This object is carried out by the present invention which. consists broadly in mount ring the hub proper or core of the spool frictiomilly upon a bushing, which in turn mounted on the shaft; end specifically by various details in the strimture of ports, all as hereineiteilmore fully described and claimed and as shown in the drawings wherein'z Figure l is on end View of a complete reel or spool, 'ilhistreting one t /e this invenlion.

Fig; 2 is en enlarged ei'u, l Wrts et the cei'isei." Fig the opposite side of the latte l 3 e transverse scit 3---3 of Fig. l.

ion of the .eweil from ion on sheet the hne Fig. l- ;is e eross section on the line l l.

of Fig.

5 is a perspective view of the bushing removed, including detail of the ring slightly removed from the reduced end of the bushing.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another type'oi this invention with one of the heads of the reel slightly removed, and Fig. 7 is on enlarged cross-section on the line "Z---7 of F 6. i

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of other type of this omitted, and section on the line heads in place Fig. 10 is a sectional View oi yet another type of this invention.

ilie film reel forming" the subject inettei" still aninvention with one heed 9-4) of Fig. with both 9 IS an enlarged crossof the present invention includes in all cases two ends or heads of ample size and usually oi skeleton formation, :1. core or hub eonmeeting their centers and on "which the lihn is Wound, a. clip on too huh for holding the end of the film, it sleeve or more properly a bushing rotitably mounted with some degree of friction within. the bore of the hub and means for holding it against axial displacement therefrom While yet permit-- ting the separation of mrts when desired. .lhel'iroud principle of ti e plQSGUl? inrention lies in the fact that the bushing is not rigidlyfitted Within the huh although it may be and usually is lined upon the shaft "which rotates: it. lily purpose is to permit this hub and. therefore the reel as e whole to rotate around or to slip upon the llllfifllllltf at times, as more fully explained below;

and, while I have herein described :1, 1111111" her of details with respect to various parts which may be employed and here illustrated seve nil types of the inventioiii, l do not Wish to be limited thereby in respect the ill) principle of operation and the i'zndeiilyiifig function and purpose of the invention liiei'erring first more particularly to lfigsn l to inclusive the reel-heads are herein shown of skeleton formation, eeeh pii'e;l'crehly sti'unped from sheet metal and own prising e. rim 1 connected by spokes 2 with the hub or annulus lniving; on einple opeo ing;- 4i; at its r ter, and the two heads may be stamped from a eingle pair oil dies es they are exact duplicates oi each other The core or hub proper, 5, is by preference peripherally smaller that the contour of each annulus 3, and it has quitenn ample here which in turn is smaller than the opening 4 through the annulus so that the latter in no Way ii'iterferee with the insertion and re moval. of the bushing' yet to he described. The reel heads ere held to the ends of the hub by screws or otl'ier devices 6 passing through holes in each annulus and into the end of the hub body as best seen ii Fig. 3. At an appropriate point on its periphery the huh carries uv fastening device or clip 7 to Whicl'i the extremity of the film is teched in e Welllmoivn inenner and in l ig. this clip shown peesing around e onsiderable portion Of the periphery and as having two fingers so that the film may lip attached to either' side of the core or The bore of the hub is strictly cylindrical and of course strictly concentric with its axis, and each end of,..the bore is counterbored or enlar ed to produce rabbets indicated at 8 an 9 in Fig. 3, for apurpose yet to .be set forth. 4

The bushing best seen in Fig. has a body 10 which is externally cylindrical and of a size to fit closely within the bore of' the hub with some considerable'friction, and

the bore 11 of the bushing is adapted to be mountedon a shaft and attached thereto in any suitable manner, as for instance by a spline engaging the key-way shown herein.

. At', one end the bushing is enlarged or provided the extremity of the bushing with sockets 15 and the inner periphery of the so flanged) as at 12 to fit the counterbore or rabbet 8 as seen in Fig. 3, and at its other end the body 10 of the bushing is cut away or rabbeted as at 13 tokreceive a ring 14 which when in place produces in effect a similar flange at this end of the bushing,

adapted to fit within the counterbore or rabbet 9 as seen in Fig. 3.. This ring may be held removably in the rabbet off'the bushing by any suitable means, but as shown I have ring with notches 16 adapted to register therewith, and screws 17 may be passed into the sockets with their heads engaging the notches as best seen in Fig. 2. The

opening 4 at the center of the annulus 3' o the reel-heads is sufliciently large to permit the insertion and removal of these screws without necessitating the removal of either head from the core or hub 5.. While it is intended that the friction between the bore of the hub and the periphery of the bushing shall accomplish the objects set forth below, it is quite possible to set up the screws 17 and bear the ring into frictional contact with one end of the hub and simultaneously draw the flange 12 into frictional contact with the other end of the hub, so

that the aggregate'friction between "the hub and the bushing is thereby slightly increased. I do not ordinarily take advantage of this fact but'it'is contemplated and it is included within the spirit of the invention.

The. ty e of the invention shown in Figs. 6 and 71ncludes generally the same members and need not be described in detail eX- cept as to points whereinit difi'ers from 'the type already described; The hub 20 is this filler passes the body 25 of the bushing which necessarily fits therein with the friction above described and for the purpose yet to be set forth. Both ends of the body are cut away or rabbeted as at 26, but the ring 14 of Fig. 5 is not here employed. I purposely reduce the size of the opening 27 in each annulus 23 so that the inner periphery of such annulus enters the rabbet 26 of the bushing and prevents the latter from axial displacement. There will be little or ,no friction between the annulus and the end of the bushing in this construction.

In the type of my invention shown in Figs. 8 and 9, substantially the same sheet metal shell with its tangs and fastening means is employed, and the filler 30 is of a size to fit within the bore of this hub. The

bushing is shown relatively somewhat thin-.

ner than in Figs. 6 and 7, and it is ossible to make this bushing of metal in t e form of a sleeve 31 to closely engage the shaft.

In Fig. 9 I show the filler 30 as provided to produce a rabbet 36 at each extremity and permitting the contiguous annulus to overlie the rabbet as shown and described with respect to the-preceding type, although of course it is possible to hold it in place by the means described with respect to the first type and best seen in Fig. 3, and in this respect I do 'not wish to be limited.

The type of my invention shown in Fig.

10 is a slight departure from the others jwith respect to the means for holding the bushing in place, and as such it will doubtless require a thicker hub than one of sheet metal, although sheet metal might be used if it would carry a screw. The latter is here numbered 40, and it passes radially inward through the hub, with its tip preferably rounded and loosely entering a groove 41 which is formed around the bushing 42 at an appropriate point. I have shown one end of the bushing as provided with a rabbet 43, and the opening in the adjacent head pose ofenabling it to be readily taken out body being screw-threaded only for the purmes es of the hub when desired. in order that it shall in no way interfere with the contour of the hub and the coiling of the film thereon,-

, groove which would increase friction he tween the hub and bushing, I make the screw of such length that when its head rests in the countersink its tip travels freely within the groove.

The use of film reels is Well known to those familiar with moving-picture eppeu rates; The feed reel with its roll otfihn I is usually placed on the upper shaft, the

film then led through the sprockets, on empty reel placed on and secured to the winding shaft, end the front end of the film led to and disposed heneeth the clip on this winding reel. Now when the machine is set in motion the Winding shaft rotates at a. speed to cause the winding reel to draw the film through the sprockets precisely at the speed which the movement of such sprockets permits, and this speed is of course constant. Very soon the accumulated con- "solutions of the film. on the lower reel in crease its size, and subsequent rotations therefore tend to draw increasing-stretches of reel through the sprockets. While we rious attempts have been made to meet this contingency the gist of my present invention lies in the frictional mounting; of the reel-huh upon the sleeve which test on the winding shaft. It is obvious that it the hub were keyed to the shaft it would he coinpolled to rotate therewith, .no matter what the size of the roll contained upon it: but when it is frictionally mounted theneon or rather on a bushing curried hy the shaft the increasing tension of the film between this reel and the sprockets occasions a little slippage from time to time and tearing oil or injury to the film is prevented.

lllcunwhilc the reverse is true of the feed reel, because hen. it commences to rotate it is largest, losing at this time full of the convolutions ol the film. for this cmer .g;ency however, by the usual. application of e brake or tension means to retard the rotation of this reel. so that it will feed the film only as test as drawn from it by the sprockets. But here again iry invention is useful hecatusc--n-t matter how the bushing in this reel mounted on the shaft or what the speed of the letter or how strong the brake applied thereto-slip page is permitted which will prevent the do struction of the film. l-l e ing drawn the film from the feed reel onto the winding reel, it must he rewound het'ore it can he used again. One of my improved reels is therefore placed in the rewinding machine and the rear end of the lilzn led to and Provision. is made passed under its clip. The rewinder is now set in motion, and again the edyunteggcot my invention 1S obvious. 1f the rewmder reel should rotate more rapidly then. the film runs oil the other reel slippage occurs in one or both and destruction of the :lihn is evoided. v

These reels may he put onto end telten oil of the several shsfts mentioned by slipping; the bore of the bushing over the shaft end fastening it thereto in any 'e ipropriete manner, and for this purpose the end of the sheft'ls usually left tree. It do not wish to he limited to the use of e spline and connection, as this forms no part of th rention. It they become new to take oil one or both he: and this can he accomplished in any type of my invention. Also it may heconie dcsirahle to replace a hushing huh, or tiller and this can be accomplished in men-nor which will. he clear from, the shove description. It do not wish to be limited to utteriels or proportions of pectin and tin tl'ier details are not essentiel.

Attention is now invited to the results which follow from the use of invention on the ordinary mo nuuzhine end nioreoepecielly the wi din: -reel thereot. When the film first threaded through the machine midTettsched to the winding reel the letter hes not] I core or hub and its weight is trifling. The winding shaft is now set inmction, and dur ing the first few revolutions there ticelly no necessity for uny sli 'ipuge o huh on the bushing because the reel u film at the same rate that ti .1. pee through the sprockets. its ti. roll increuses in size on the reel, there eventually coin s time when the tension on the film requires the hub to slip a little. .lltll first will, occur once in perhaps four or live revoltstions, and in three or four rot elm tions. Gradually it increases until ey'entu s lly we may assume there is s s revolution, and then twice en four times in a. revolution. approache the size of the 3 reel, the slippage becomes c: increases with increesin rapidity until the complete film is wound thereon. Mesnwhile the weight of this reel end the roll curried thereby is also constentlincreasing. hut illilr creasing stesdily. As, the weight insanesets of course the friction of the huh on. bushin increases. This is qu te Cc hcceuse obviously a heavier more power to rotste it tl Yet at the time hen tin frequency and finnllywhel it c neit the s ippege sevent th t p of excessive power end t slippege is constcnt prevents any the film which would tend to ieyuro ion the egg on he sl neg-c inches lllll its illli the . the hub, t e bushing adapted to be mounted movably to the ends of th hub; of a bushing fitting frictlonally and rotatably withln the i have found by gractidal experiment that this attachment is i eal when applied to the ordinary moving-picture machine. p

. What isclalmed as new is 2-- 1. In a windingreel, the combination with two heads, each comprising a rim, spokes, and a central annulus; of atubular hub, means for detachably securin it concentrically between and to said ann and a bushing fittin frictionally and rotatablywithin onashaft.

2. In a winding reel, the combination with a tubular hub, two heads each havinga central opening smaller than the bore of the hub, and means for attaching the heads rebore of the hub and held against axial displacement therefrom by said heads.

3. In a winding reel, the combination with a tubular hub, two heads each having a central opening smaller than the bore of the hub, and means for attaching the heads removably to the ends of the hub; of a bushing fitting frictionally nd rotatably within the bore of the hub and havingrabbets around its ends engaged by said heads around their openings, for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a film winding reel, the combination with two heads each having a, central annulus provided withan opening and with slits around the same, and a hub between the heads'havmg tang engaging said slits; of abushing fitting frictionally and rotatably within the bore ofv the hub and held against axial displacement therefrom by said heads. 5. In a winding reel, the combination with aeeaeao 7. Iii a winding reel, the combination with two heads, and a two-part hub connecting them and comprising a shell and a tubular .filler within it; of a bushing frictionally and rotatably mounted within the filler. 8. In a winding reel, the combination with spaced heads, and a shell dis osed concentrically between and detachab y connecting them; of a tubular filler frictionally mounted within the shell, and a bushing frictionally mounted within the filler.

9. In a winding reel, the combination with s aced heads having central openings, and 8, I

s e11 disposed concentricall between and detachably connecting sai heads; of a tubular filler frictionally mounted within the shell and inclosed between said heads, and a bushing frictionally mounted within the filler and having rabbets at its ends engaged by said heads around their openings.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

eovn s. BOYLAN.

Witnesses THEO. R. Connms, N.,L. Conmmnn. 

